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Ms. Hughes-Ham from Ilwaco, WA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Proper Art Class Experience!

Help me give my students sturdy sketchbooks and artwork storage so they can protect and organize their artwork!

  • $1,110 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My middle school art students are choosing to express themselves at an age when it's pretty scary to do so. Please help me make their experience special by outfitting them with a good sketchbook to carry around. If they can record their ideas in something they can keep in their backpack and take home, they will be more likely to bring their lives into their artwork. The boxes will be a safe place to store their work where it cannot be ruined by improper storage. My students are so creative, and I want to honor that creativity by giving them the tools they need to succeed!

Ms. Hughes-Ham
Grades 6-8
    More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

    This project will reach 90 students.

    16 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Storex Classroom Project Box – Stacking Plastic Organizer Fits 12x12 Scrapbooking Paper, Assorted Colors, 5-Pack (63202F05C) • Amazon Business $50.83 10 $508.30
24 Pcs A5 Blank Kraft Notebooks Journals Bulk 100 Sheets/200 Pages Unlined Sketchbooks for Writing Drawing Composition Notebook for Gifts for Students School Office Traveler, 8.3 x 5.7 Inches • Amazon Business $79.99 4 $319.96

Materials cost

$828.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $72.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$943.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$166.44

Total project goal

$1,109.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,109.59

16 Donors

-$1,091.94

Donations toward project cost

-$943.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.79

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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